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Show no Tbe AUTHoR's LIFE. VoL. I. r67B. ' that I do with Good Confcience in the Sight oft be Almighty God) firft, that ~ ' we bellcve Government to be God'.r Ordinanct, and next, that this Prefent ' GOlJtrnment is eftablifhed by the Providence of God and Law of the LmJ, ' and that it is our Chriftian Duty readily to obey it in all it's Jufl Lawt, ' and wherein we cannot comply through Tendernefr ofConfcienu, in all fuch ' Cafes, not to revile or confpire againfi the Governmtllt, but with Cbriftian ' Humility and Patience tire out all Miftakes about us, and wait their better ' Information, who, we believe, do as undefervedly as feverely treat us, and I ' know not what greater Security can be given by any People, or how any .' Govtrnment can be eafier hom the Subjeas of it. ' I fhall conclude with this, that we are fa far from eA:eeming it hard or ' ill, that the Houfe hath put us upon this Difcrimination, that on the ' Contrary we value it (as we ought to do) for an high Favour (and cannot • chufe but fee and humbly acknowledge God's Prwidence therein) that you • ibould give us this fair Occafion, to difcharge our felvcs of a Burden we ' have not with more PAtitnce than Inju/iiu fuffered but too many Years ' under. And I hope our Converfation !hall always manifeft the Gratt[11l ' Refentment of our Minds for the Jujlice and Civility of this Opportunity, .' ond fo I pray God direa you. The Committee agreed to infert in a Bill then depending a Provifo or Claufe for Relief in the Cafe complained of; and the fame did pafs the Houfe of Commont' but before it had gone through the Houft of Lords, it was quafh'd by a fudden Prorogation of the Parliament. Hil A•f•tr ~his~ ear fame fneall.ing .Adverfary, who ibewed more Wifaom in con~:,:,~ ltf• cealmg his ~~me, than in publijhing his Work, put forth a Libel cal1ed The ~uders Oprmons ; to which our .d:Ntbor replied in A brief .Anfwer to If falfe and joolifh Libel. • ~i~ up;~~~ei{{t~:Je,1o 1?:C~e: O~i;JCp;:,ina~d~ ~~Je~~fi~sn~ef~a~~;n~! ~~! of t.k Popijb jion; He, left the Minds of any of his Friends the '<_uakers fhould be drawn flrn. from their wonte:l Dependence upon God, to partake of the Populat Uncafi· ,. Ap. No~i. nefs, w~it an¥ Epifl!e to them, dire8:ed To the Cbi!d;en of Light in tbit 16 9 Generatzon. ~ And in the ne%1 Year, the Nation ftill continuing under Fears of wit.!e4 BW publifting D~figns on foot for {'!bverting the Proteflant Religion, and introd11cing PoF Ins AJJrtfst• ry, he publifhed a. Book, entitled, ..An .AdJrefs to Proteflanll Whereib Protefb.nth he fets forth the · Reigning Evils of the Times, and endeavours to excite Men to Repentance and Amendment of Life, as the heft Means lO cure their Fears, and prevent the impending Dangers. He•rhtl' ?rtfA&tfQ Samuel Fi!her's U'orh. The fame Y oar alfo he prefixed to the Works of Samuel Fijber, then prin· ti~.S: in Folio, a Teftimony concerning that Author, who having been a.Mi· mjter of t~e Cbur~b of England, ~nd afterwards a Preaclter among the Baptiflr, at length Joy ned 1n 'frofeffion wnh the !<._uaken, 1md died a Prifoner for hit 'A ,e• Pulit• Teftimony in the Year 166). , ,.,,.,... . Th~ ri~ng Hopes of Papijls and the_jnft Fears of Prosejlants kept the Na· •oned. t~on ihll m a Ferment, and TVr1ts bemg Hfued for fummoning a New p, .. lta"!ent, Party-Strllgglts for Power ran high, on which Occafion our Author e,pu!li~,,. dcd1ca~ed to theFrubo/<lers and EkElon, a Sheer called England's great lnsbw , .. fkt tereft tn the Cbotce of tbu 1\.'tw Parliament, and foon after the ParliaJJN !~f]:~~:trtfo fitting, he prefented to them a Book entituled, One Projth for tbe GOMl &c. of England. 168o. About this Time were E,nblifhed three feveral Books reprefenti.ng to the 1.../"V"V Govemment the Great Su.fferings, and Oppreffions of the People called !/_.a• BDQhQfSuffe· ktr~. . ri~gtpMblijbt4 1. Upon Statutes made againft Popijh Recufants. :·:~Ztf•m "2• In the&dejiaflica/Courts. * Ap. ·No. ~· Upon the Conventicle .ItO. . . ,~;;, The obfervable "'Prefaces to which Books, being penn'd by our Author, ~~: the Reader may perufc m the Appendi~t. IP Vo~:. I, . Tbe AuTHOR's liFE. or In this Year r68o, died that ExceUem PrittCcjj Et b bef<?te memioned, ~o whofe Real Worrh our .il.~tl 1,ea R_1k' _of the R!Mu, J68o. ~ed!Cated J. MemorMI, by tranfmitting ta'Pafi . "Jors. ebgtous Graruude ~ 111 the fecond Edition of his No Crofs N Gi em~ ~er Exemplary Charaffu '1llt DtArb tf On the Eighth ofthe Eighth M h ~ rown, Clnted _,Anno 1682. ? th~ Pri,ttfs Dear Friend and Father in Law if~;: p~his_ Year alfo, dep~rted this Life hiS' ~z:~~of lifhed a Teflimony, and prefixed il to hisT;;:f10~ toy whof~ Virc~es he pub- ThtDwb. 01 There being abou[ this Time fame D"ffi .r t ar_ ear pnQted In Folio. l~aac Pen-iriendsthe Jt#akers about Efiablifhin J erenc~ ~~ Judgment among his amgton • fixr, fa asneirhcrto fubjc{i the Ccnfc't Cburcb Di.[clplme, _a p~l!lt not eafily I 68J. yet t? give a~ Unlimiud Liherty of Run~i~~~ an ;clejitual JJ.u~hority, nor ~ pubhfhed a lmle Book, called. .ii B .1 Emro_ n~rc 'Y an~ Conft.t}ion. He ln-itf E11:•mi· A fre~ Perfecution, being n~w raifi1~ • xhmrna~ron of Lr~et'IJ ~piritual. """'n of_l_i· John Kmght Sheriff, J ohn HeUiar A e In t e Cay of Briflol, where Sr. berty Sp•n· vi ices put the Penal Laws in a Ri or~~o;E: at ~aw, an,d other their Ac,com .. ~!jttlltionin led_ Q3akers there were fined anl Im "fi ~ut'Tn, Many of the People tal- tbt c;,, of Ep~fi:le for their Chriftian ronfolati pu 011 • 0 whom W. _P. writ an¥ Briftol. Fnend~ of ~odin the City ofBciltol,otl and Encouragement, dJretled, Toibc *Ap. :N.zno Having huherto attended our .Author h · . La~ours and Travails in the Service f' ~ rGugi i Contmued Series of his try 10 thefe Parts of the World . w 0fh •11e 0 pe ' and work of the MiniCvince of Penjjlvania. ' e a now accompany him to his Pro· King Charles the fecond (in c fld · and fundry Debrs due to him fr~~ J ~ra~on of the Sen ices of SJr W. Penn 7lt Prt~'lllnrt hr Len~rs-Paunr~ bearmg date the 4~h eof Mownh at the Time of his Dece:ife) of Penfylvahis Heus that Provrnce lying on thew fi: sr~ I;8c.-I g_ranred tow: P. and ~ae;:~l~sdrZ .Amcrrca, formerly belonging to the Dutch l: o the Rtver Dtlaw(1rc inN. suon4 fo bim lat~ds . The Name was now changed b' anh t~~n ca!led the New Nuber- And hil Htiru Whom and his Heirs he made abfolute Y t e Ing, m Honour of TV. P. Upon _rhis, he prefently publi!hes an i.l Prop~rpors and Gover~ours of it: 111n, Wlth the Krn,{s Patent and o h P ccount OJ tbe Provrnct oj Penfjlva the Country and 1t's Prod~ce and ~~0 a~ers refating thereto, defcnhing: and good Terms of Settlerne~t for ft c~o mg an Eafy Purchafe of Lands' felves. Many Smgle Perfons ;nd f( U. - f nug~t mclme to tranfport them~ went over; and with fingul;r Indufi(e JmiL\C~ ou_t of England and Wales 'lhtftrff PIIIJI~ Purch:J.fed Lands, fetrled and foon i Y and :pphcatJOn havwg cleared their ~~t~e:J:"" 3nd b~an ~o build the Gty of Pbllarr:;;,rh;: ~lantallons to good Advanrage, Enghlh. the aforefaJd Navigable RIVer Delaware 'P A d. m fc a Commodious Snuarion orr theNattve Indtans, (who in fame oth~r p to ecurerheN_e'YPlantersfrom dtth, had made reprifals to the lofs o( ml ro[~nce)s bemg lflJUfloufly dealt ers to treat them wnh all Candour and If tve~ the Governortr gave Ornuffioner• to confer wirh them about La umamty ; and appoint~ ComPeace ; by whom he alfo fent them the 'o"ttd, ~nd Lto confirm a League of 11 OWing etter. , W. 'P's L £ l' T I! 1t to the Indians, My Friends, L Tbere is a Great God d ondon, the I 8th of the 8th Mo h W. Pena's therein to UJbomy dan[ Por.er that hath made the Wo !d dnt ' I68r. l.mtr ,or;, J ' b ou an and all Peo"!. b r an all Thina-s lndiios an to w om you and I mu/1 one D .. r e owe t tir Being and WeU-h . ;:,· World : Tbii Great God hath wri~~e~'!/ an .A.~coJmt for all that we do ~~n~; ::u~htjf.nd Comman4ed to love and belp Ha;dwdrn ouJ Hearts, by which rJJt ;r: o arm and Mifchief one 1111to a,; h . o foo f? one another, and flat f!_eaftd to hake l»e_concerned in your p::, ~- ~oW; tbw Grear God 6athheen e o_un~ry U: hre I ltve barb given me a great p t ~ or!d, an_d the King of tbe ~~y tl Wll your Love and Confenr h rovmce tbertrn, hut I dt/ire to ba:;,gh~urs _and Friends; E(fe what 'w:~~:J. h~ G' always live together a~ . ma e us not to devour and de/1 I 't reat God do to 1u ? who hndly tosttbcr in the Wor!J. ]\T. 1 toy one another, Out to livefohtrly d ow woj{d h.a. .ve )'ON wrU o!iferve, that I a;'. vtry |